Tag: Netherlands

Photo: A screenshot from the video Opposed to the claims made in the post, once the original statement of the Dutch Defense Minister, Kajsa Ollongren, given at the Security Forum in Warsaw, it becomes quite clear that war was not encouraged, but the support for Ukraine was continued since Ukraine was facing the territorial claims of Russia and Putin’s regime....

Photo: Farmer protests in the Netherlands. © Frank Magdelyns, 22nd June 2022 Dutch farmers organized massive protests last year, but not this year. Fact-checkers from the Netherlands told Truthmeter that protests were organized in 2023, but none could be compared to the huge protests and unrest in 2022. Dutch farmers do not protest because the Government wants to dislocate them...

In an interview with Portalb.mk, the ambassador of Netherlands in North Macedonia, Dirk Jan Kop claims that the new methodology should make it easier for those who are truly committed to the reform process and more difficult for those who are not. He also says that the decision of the Netherlands on opening accession negotiations will depend on the...

Last night, the Dutch parliament rejected two resolutions - from the Socialist Party and the Party for Freedom- with a majority of votes - not to support the start of accession negotiations for Macedonia's EU membership. At the same time, Parliament passed a resolution against the starting of negotiations for EU membership with Albania. The resolution urged that negotiations with Tirana...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today met with the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Wouter Plomp, who expressed support for the policies leading to Euro-Atlantic integration of the Republic of Macedonia. “I expect a majority of people to vote for a Euro-Atlantic future for the Republic of Macedonia in the upcoming referendum”, Prime Minister Zaev said, the government's press...

Dutch Parliament has given the green light for opening accession negotiations for Macedonia to the EU, reported Albanian Television “Top Channel”. According to the same source, Dutch MPs could not come to an agreement as to whether Albania should receive a date for the start of negotiations with the EU. According to them, Albania has not done enough to fight corruption...

The Ambassadors of Sweden, Netherlands and Slovenia, Mats Staffansson, Wouter Plomp, and Milan Jazbec, said today that Brussels doesn’t see the need of organizing new early parliamentary elections especially because the last elections were marked as fair and free, and the new elections would only deepen the political crisis in Macedonia. "The elections that were organized in December were free...

Dutch Ambassador, Wouter Plomp on his "Twitter" account shared an image of an advertisement for tourism in Macedonia on billboards in the Netherlands. "Seen in the Netherlands (from the train TheHague - Leiden) holiday destination #Macedonia #Ohrid", wrote Ambassador Plomp on "Twitter". On the ad, Ohrid is shown and it says that Dutch tourists can get an eight day holiday for...

To get closer to Europe, Macedonian voters need to stand for the rule of law, free media and against corruption, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Bert Koenders in a video message. He called on Macedonian voters to go to the polls on December 11, and to decide on the country’s future. “I’m Bert Koenders, the Dutch Minister...

Holland is donating medical assistance worth more 500.000 euros, and should arrive in Skopje this week, stated the Dutch Embassy in Skopje on their official page on ‘Facebook’. “The devastation in some areas is so great, and that is why we are sending medical assistance. It is very important that these supplies reach the affected areas as soon as possible,...

Yesterday the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bert Koenders sent a letter to the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki expressing his condolences to all those affected by the devastating floods in Skopje and Tetovo. "On behalf of the Netherlands, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the government and people of the Republic of Macedonia. Our thoughts are...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands aligns itself in full with the statements made yesterday by the European Union and the United States, said a statement sent from the Embassy. “The Netherlands, which currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, calls upon all parties to now take responsible, decisive and inclusive actions that lead...

The Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will visit Macedonia and Greece on Sunday, the Dutch Embassy has announced. Holland currently holds the rotating European Union Presidency. Meetings with the Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, will focus on the refugee crisis and opportunities for better cooperation between countries on the western Balkan's route for refugee's....

The Ambassador of the Netherlands in Macedonia, Wouter Plomp, presented MPs today the priorities of the Netherlands presidency of the EU Council. The session was attended by Members of the National Council for European Integration, the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and the Macedonia-EU Mixed Parliamentary Committee were also present at the session In his speech Ambassador Plomp gave a short presentation of...

A government delegation led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will stay in The Hague, Netherlands, where it will present investment opportunities and benefits offered by the state for doing business to numerous large Dutch companies. The delegation is composed of Minister without portfolio in charge of attracting foreign investment Dzheri Naumof and Deputy Director of the Agency for Foreign Investments...